By Michelle Sutherland Staff Reporter Belmopan police are investigating the disturbing death of one-year, eleven-month-old, Janeeka Campbell, whose bruised body suggests she may have been beaten to death. The mother, a resident of St. Matthew’s Village, is in police custody while investigations continue. A post-mortem completed late Thursday confirmed that […]

By Anita Nembhard Freelance Reporter When seven-year-old Joshua Abraham was shot and killed on Independence Day, 2011, there was an angry wave of outrage and resentment that one so young should become the victim of gangland violence. But this week in the Supreme Court the two men accused of causing […]

By Anita Nembhard Freelance Reporter Security around the Magistrate Court complex sprang into high alert Thursday morning after a 19-year-old youth, John Charles Orosco, was caught with a loaded .38 calibre Special pistol in the waistband of his pants. Orosco was hanging around the courthouse, but there was something about […]

×Comments Off on Blue Christmas for Belizeans Unemployment and cost of living up as economy tanks

By Benjamin Flowers Staff Reporter Coming into the Christmas season, Belizeans are faced with rising unemployment, increasing cost of living, an economy in recession and even more economic uncertainty as restructuring of the “Superbond” looms. The latest economic data provided by the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) on Wednesday showed […]

By Marion Ali Assistant Editor The new Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to Belize, H.E., Charles Liu, says his country hopes to explore more energy-saving and climate-change-related areas with Belize in the future, in light of climate trends. This follows the diplomat’s donation, last month, of scores of […]

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By Benjamin Flowers A south side Belize City woman is fighting for her life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), after her step-son violently attacked her with two machetes on Thursday morning. The KHMH listed 54-year-old Consuela Pop as critical on Thursday after her stepson, 19-year-old, Dindsdale Flowers chopped […]

Now that the Supreme Court has decided not to entertain a motion of censure against the Speaker of the House for his suspension of the Member for Cayo South, Mr. Julius Espat, it is time to put an end to this stand-off. Mr. Espat was expelled and physically removed from […]

By Benjamin Flowers Belizeans had to pay an average of 70 cents more for goods and services during the month of October, according to the latest data released by the Statistical Institute of Belize. The SIB released its Consumer Price Index on Wednesday, which showed an average over all increase […]

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by The Reporter Newspaper×on December 8, 2016 at 9:30 am×Comments Off on Cost of living up in October, says SIB

By Benjamin Flowers Belizeans had to pay an average of 70 cents more for goods and services during the month of October, according to the latest data released by the Statistical Institute of Belize. The SIB released its Consumer Price Index on Wednesday, which showed an average over all increase […]

by The Reporter Newspaper×on December 8, 2016 at 9:29 am×Comments Off on Julius Espat loses case against House Speaker

By Marion Ali Assistant Editor People’s United Party’s (PUP) Cayo South Representative, Julius Espat, this week lost his case against Speaker of the House of Representatives, Michael Peyrefitte. Espat, who has been on suspension from the House since the Speaker ordered the police to remove him on August 26th, has […]

by The Reporter Newspaper×on December 8, 2016 at 9:28 am×Comments Off on Christmas cheer scarce, but not absent

By Marion Ali Assistant Editor The bounty of Christmas cheer that Belizeans are accustomed to since the United Democratic Party (UDP) took over government in 2008 has dwindled over the years, and the economic hardships have made spreading yuletide greetings from Government difficult. The ham and turkey hampers being distributed […]

by The Reporter Newspaper×on December 8, 2016 at 9:27 am×Comments Off on Gas leak responsible for fire at Chateau Caribbean

By Benjamin Flowers Staff Reporter The Belize Fire Service (BFS) explained this week that a leak in a butane line caused the fire that destroyed the historic Chateau Caribbean Hotel. Station Manager for the BFS, Orin Smith, explained that the gas line which was connected to the main stove, was […]

by The Reporter Newspaper×on December 8, 2016 at 9:25 am×Comments Off on New Taiwan Ambassador says Taiwan will explore energy-saving/climate change-related projects with Belize

By Marion Ali Assistant Editor The new Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to Belize, H.E., Charles Liu, says his country hopes to explore more energy-saving and climate-change-related areas with Belize in the future, in light of climate trends. This follows the diplomat’s donation, last month, of scores of […]

by The Reporter Newspaper×on December 8, 2016 at 9:24 am×Comments Off on Nestor Vasquez defends role on Integrity Commission

By Benjamin Flowers Staff Reporter Senator Eamon Courtenay is calling for the removal of Nestor Vasquez from the role of Chartered Accountant serving on the Integrity Commission, saying that Vasquez lied to the Senate. But this week Vasquez refuted Courtenay’s claim. On Monday, Courtenay wrote to the Leader of Government […]

by The Reporter Newspaper×on December 8, 2016 at 9:23 am×Comments Off on Belize prepares to accede to UNCAC: PM will be absent

By Benjamin Flowers Staff Reporter Prime Minister Dean Barrow will not be in the country when Belize signs on to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) on Friday December 9. The Government’s Press Office announced earlier this week that Barrow will not return to Belize until Sunday December 11, […]

by The Reporter Newspaper×on December 8, 2016 at 9:20 am×Comments Off on Belize Barrier Reef celebrates 20 years as World Heritage Site

By William Ysaguirre Freelance Reporter “Outstanding!” is the word the UNESCO World Heritage Site Committee used to describe the Belize Barrier Reef System when it accorded the reef World Heritage Site status in December 1996. The Belize Barrier Reef was born to stand out, so why should we waste efforts […]

By Benjamin Flowers A south side Belize City woman is fighting for her life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), after her step-son violently attacked her with two machetes on Thursday morning. The KHMH listed 54-year-old Consuela Pop as critical on Thursday after her stepson, 19-year-old, Dindsdale Flowers chopped […]

by The Reporter Newspaper×on December 8, 2016 at 9:17 am×Comments Off on Man murdered on busy city street in broad daylight

By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor Emmerson Skeyers, 26, had just walked from his house through Taylor’s Alley to a Chinese-owned shop at the usually busy corner at Cemetery Road and West Street at around 1:30 Sunday afternoon when someone shot him dead. Police say the gunman sat in a white […]